Few English country hotels can boast the undulating hills ... All the rooms have king-sized beds, en-suites with showers, and the expected hotel extras such as bathrobes, coffee machines and ...

It is as richly decorated as an English gentleman's club ... type character to go tearing through the 19th-century coaching-inn doors. Inside, this feeling continues. One instantly feels drawn ...

If you’re looking for an indulgent stay in a quintessential English country estate, Beaverbrook is one of the best in the country with its glorious setting, interiors, food and spa.

To walk from there to Chatsworth, where private tours can be arranged all year round, is the very essence of what staying in an English country-house hotel is all about. Doubles from £200 ...

English Country Inns, an enterprise investment scheme (EIS) that builds restaurant-style country pubs in the south of England, is offering another share subscription. The EIS has already raised £ ...

It will follow a similar strategy to English Country Inns, which was established in 2000. Its portfolio of 14 pubs was sold to Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries last September for 13.65m.